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" Greek actress Katerina Lehou (1st R) in the role of an Ancient Greek High Priestess passes the Sacred Olympic Flame to Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos at Panathenaic stadium in Athens on Oct. 31 Fabinho Brazil Jersey , 2017,during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.(XinhuaMarios Lolos) GENEVA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics set for next February in PyeongChang, South Korea Elias Brazil Jersey , over doping concerns.

The IOC decided to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with immediate effect, but Russian athletes would still be able to compete at the PyeongChang Games in uniforms bearing the name ""Olympic Athlete from Russia"" under the Olympic Flag, and the Olympic Anthem will be played in any ceremony.

Samuel Schmid, former Swiss president entitled to lead the investigation commission, said an over-17-month IOC investigation has ""confirmed the systemic manipulation of the anti-doping rules and system in Russia during the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 Ederson Brazil Jersey , as well as the various levels of administrative, legal and contractual responsibility"".

""This was an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport,"" said IOC President Thomas Bach. ""As an athlete myself, I'm feeling very sorry for all the clean athletes.""

The IOC ""has issued proportional sanctions for this systemic manipulation while protecting the clean athletes. This should draw a line under this damaging episode and serve as a catalyst for a more effective anti-doping system led by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA),"" he added.

The Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement earlier in November that ""The investigation had obtained data that WADA lacked any evidence of Russia's guilt in the mass use of doping by athletes.""

Vitaly Mutko Douglas Santos Brazil Jersey , Russian then Minister of Sport during 2014 Sochi Olympics, and his then Deputy Minister Yuri Nagornykh were both excluded from any participation in all future Olympic Games, the IOC announced.

The IOC also ruled that no official from the Russian Ministry of Sport will be accredited for the PyeongChang Games.

Despite the ban against the Russian Olympic Committee, the IOC clarified that Russian athletes are still invited to Pyeongchang only with ""strict conditions."" A detailed invitation list will be determined at the IOC's absolute discretion, by a panel that includes members appointed by WADA Douglas Costa Brazil Jersey , the Doping-Free Sport Unit and the IOC.

The sanctions may be partially or fully lifted from the commencement of the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Games, provided these IOC decisions are fully respected and implemented by the ROC and by the invited athletes and officials, it concluded.

The report was largely based on the testimony of the former head of a Moscow anti-doping lab Grigory Rodchenkov, who fled to the United States at the end of 2015 Diego Souza Brazil Jersey , becoming an informant for WADA.

The scandal prevented a large number of Russian athletes and officials from participating in the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics.

" " Police officers stand guard near the site of an attack in lower Manhattan in New York, the United States, on Oct. 31, 2017. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called on Tuesday a truck attack near the World Trade Center "an act of terror," in which eight people were killed and a dozen more injured. (XinhuaLi Muzi)

NEW YORK Diego Alves Brazil Jersey , Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and a dozen more injured after a truck plowed into pedestrians near the World Trade Center in New York City, the mayor said on Tuesday.

Based on the information authorities had at the moment, the incident was ""a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians,"" Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference.

Speaking at the conference alongside with the mayor, New York City Police Commissioner James O' Neil said the suspect was a 29-year-old man who was not from New York.

At 3:05 p.m. David Luiz Brazil Jersey , a male driving a rented Home Depot pickup truck entered the West Side Highway bicycle path at Houston Street, according to O' Neil. He said the man began driving southbound, striking a number of pedestrians and bicyclists along the route.

At Chambers Street, the truck collided with a school bus, injuring two adults and two children Danilo Brazil Jersey , according to the police.

After the collision, the driver exited the vehicle, holding up a paintball gun and a pellet gun. He was shot in the stomach by a police officer but survived and arrested. He was then sent to a hospital.

Reports said that the driver shouted ""Allahu Akbar,"" which means ""God is great"" in Arabic.

O'Neil was asked to confirm whether the driver made such statement at the press conference. He said that the driver ""did make a statement when he exited the vehicle"" although he declined to elaborate on it.

Local media reported that law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity identified the driver as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov.

He has a Florida driver's license and may have lived in the city of Tampa. He rented the vehicle in New Jersey, said media.

Reports said the man might come to the United States in 2010 from Uzbekistan.

Local media said that Saipov left a note in the truck claiming he committed the attack on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.